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Kirkwood
Tower House (Medieval)
Site Name Kirkwood
Classification Tower House (Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) 'Ye Kirkwoode'; Kirkwood Mains; Kirkwood House
Canmore ID 86782
Site Number NY17SW 36
NGR NY 121 744
NGR Description NY c. 121 744
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/86782
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Dalton
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
Note (4 January 1996)
NY17SW 36 c. 121 744
For present and successor Kirkwood House (NY 12151 75209), see NY17NW 37.00.
There are no visible remains of the tower of 'ye Kirkwoode' that is depicted on a map of 1590. Blaeu's Atlas shows Kirkwood as being set within a park, which may have stood in the vicinity of Kirkwood Mains (NY17SW 37).
Information from RCAHMS (IF), 4 January 1996.
(J and R Hyslop 1912; J M Corrie 1916; J Stone 1991).
Listed as tower.
RCAHMS 1997.
